WDS Member Highlight: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)

WDS Member Highlight: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)

The ORNL DAAC is a NASA data center that archives and distributes data on terrestrial biogeochemistry and ecological dynamics and is a member of the World Data System. The ORNL DAAC is operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, home of the WDS International Program Office (WDS-IPO). The ORNL DAAC’s mission is to provide data services for a comprehensive archive of observations and models to support NASA’s Earth Science. The ORNL DAAC’s goals are to serve as the primary data repository for NASA’s Terrestrial Ecology program and Carbon Cycle Science and Ecosystems focus area, provide ground- and aircraft-based data to assess the accuracy and uncertainty of NASA’s Earth Science missions, work with NASA to develop best practices, tools, and training for data users and providers, and facilitate synthesis and analysis by providing and integrating diverse data.

See ORNL DAAC’s website for more info

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

Member Highlight: The Odum Institute Data Archive

The Odum Institute Data Archive is a research data stewardship center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It has over 50 years of experience in data preservation and access, starting with the acquisition of the Louis Harris Data Center in 1965. It hosts one of the largest collections of social science data in the U.S., covering topics such as public opinion polls, vital statistics, census data, and more. It also manages and provides access to the UNC Dataverse, a web-based data repository that enables researchers to archive and share their own datasets. The Odum Institute Data Archive is committed to ensuring that the data assets in its care remain FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) and has earned the CoreTrust Seal as a trusted digital data repository. The Odum Institute Data Archive offers various services to assist researchers with data management, curation, sharing, and reproducibility.

https://odum.unc.edu/archive/